Notifications for External Tools added to Modules

Our county wants staff to use Canvas for posting meeting notes, shared documents, etc in Canvas. Only assignments, quizzes and discussion boards currently receive notifications. This means when I link in a module to a Google Doc as an External Tool, my groups is not aware of the new posting. I have started making these "Assignments" without a due date, but I think this is insulting to staff. Why isn't everything that is posted allowed a notification? I need a notification for external tools. I can send an email with the Google Doc link after I post the link in Canvas, but this seems like double the amount of work, and Canvas should take care of this task for me.

When I called Canvas Support, I was told 3 things get notifications: quizzes, discussions, assignments. Perhaps I misunderstood, but the person walked me through the steps to create an assignment without a due date, so it would go out to everyone. I could share that email transcript with you. Thank you.

I am posting to a group where all people are listed as a teacher. The group does not have any students. I am adding the content within a module. I hope that answers your questions. Please let me know if it did not.